Episode 141: Vols find QB, still searching for OC
GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast
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🗓️ 30 November 2018
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down a hectic week full of highs and lows for Jeremy Pruitt's rebuilding Tennessee football program.
Just days after ending their regular season with a tough loss at in-state rival Vanderbilt that removed them from bowl contention and learning that offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tyson Helton, Pruitt changed the narrative by securing a commitment from Atlanta-area native Harrison Bailey, the nation's No. 59 overall prospect and No. 3 pro-style quarterback prospect in the 2020 industry-generated 247Sports Composite.
Adding a commitment from an elite quarterback prospect when you don't have an offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach is a stunning achievement, and it's something Pruitt needed to flip the script after Tennessee ended the season with rough performances against Missouri and Vanderbilt.
This podcast episode begins with a quick look back at the Vanderbilt loss and the 2018 season before flipping forward to things currently on Tennessee's radar — the impact of Bailey's commitment and the ongoing search to replace Helton.
A few prominent names have ben mentioned in connection with Tennessee's OC vacancy, and the strengths and potential snags with some of those candidates are discussed in this episode.
This episode also touches briefly on sophomore quarterback Will McBride's decision to leave the Tennessee program in search of more playing time. McBride always kind of seemed to be the player squeezed the hardest by Tennessee's new offensive scheme, and him being passed by freshman JT Shrout in the pecking order late this season left little doubt regarding McBride's future with the program.
It's been a busy week at Tennessee, and this episode touches on much of that news.
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| 0:00.0 | There was a time in place that this university was feared. |
| 0:05.0 | My goal as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee |
| 0:10.0 | is to get us back to that point. |
| 0:13.0 | All right? |
| 0:14.0 | You can do it. |
| 0:16.0 | Let me just quote the late great Colonel Sanders. |
| 0:20.0 | He said, I'm too drunk. |
| 0:22.0 | It takes this trip, He said, I'm too drunk to take this chicken. |
| 0:24.8 | What is that? |
| 0:26.1 | That's what she said. |
| 0:28.4 | When you think about running through the tea |
| 0:31.6 | at Natal Stadium for the first time the Saturday. |
| 0:34.0 | They give you a little bit of chicken skin? |
| 0:37.0 | A little bit of what? |
| 0:40.0 | A chicken skin, you know? |
| 0:42.0 | You know what I'm making reference to when I say chicken skin? You're Southern boy. |
| 0:45.4 | I ain't got that line of the end. |
| 0:48.4 | God's heaves it. They're bunched up in the end zone. It's tipped up. |
| 0:52.8 | It's caught. |
| 0:54.8 | Jahan Jennings. |
| 0:58.0 | Jahan Jennings. |
| 1:00.0 | Good morning. |
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